20160831 - almatrice

Strong earthquake hits central Italy

on August 24, 2016

 

A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude has rocked central Italy, reported the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was located in the province of Rieti, in the Lazio region, but has also been strongly affected the Umbria region. The quake was at 3:36 a.m. in the morning, and have more than 15 aftershocks followed, between 4 and 5.4 degrees on the Richter scale that have also felt in Rome.
The RAI confirms that there are at least two deaths in Arquata del Tronto, a town of about 1,300 people, in the Marche region. This is an elderly couple who apparently killed his room when collapsed.
The mayor of Almatrice, Sergio Pirozzi, warning that there is at least one family of four with two young children ., under the rubble

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